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Originally Posted by sak9645
Most doctors say that night terrors are not a sign of stress unless they persist past age six.
Night terrors are believed to be genetic and closely connected to sleepwalking. It is quite possible that your child's birthparents either had night terrors as babies or were sleepwalkers. My daughter did both, although sleepwalking was infrequent compared to the frequency of her night terrors.
Your description of your son's behavior sounds very much like normal night terrors. One way to reduce the frequency of night terrors is to be very, very rigid about bedtime and naptime scheduling, since any parent of a child with night terrors will tell you that they arise most often when a child is off schedule or overtired.
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This is good to know--not a sign of stress, I mean. Stress for me...all my 'mom alarms' go off when he does it! I worry about my big boy!
His sitter is very good about routine and napping--they know exactly when to go down for a nap, ALL 7 of the toddlers (how she does that, I do not know). Weekends are tougher--he usually has a nap but later bc he sleeps a little later on wkends. Bedtime routines--we've got a couple of routines, depending on if it's a bath night or not. I'll work on that, for sure.